It’s not just toll rates that could soon be getting more expensive in Washington: ferry rates for both passengers and vehicles could also be on the rise by the end of the year.
In a meeting of the Washington State Transportation Commission on Tuesday, Washington State Ferry’s senior planning manager Ray Deardorf detailed that an additional $9.2 million in operating revenue would need to be generated by 2023 with a fare increase per legislative requirement.
Three plans for a fare increase are currently being considered by the commission. Under the first plan, fares for both passengers and vehicles would increase by 2.5% first in October 2021 and again by the same
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